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By Aygul Salmanova

Azerbaijani and Belarus specialists may make joint developments in the field of robotics, according to the Azerbaijani Regional Innovative Technologies Academy.

There is a possibility of combining the advantages of mobile robots of Belarus scientists and unmanned aerial vehicles produced at the High Technologies Park and the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan.

Earlier, it was reported that Azerbaijan will consider the possibility of using mobile robots. The mobile robots developed by scientists at the Belarus State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and the Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus may be used in agriculture to eliminate the consequences of emergency situations.

“Both Belarus and Azerbaijan have outlined the further cooperation plans and published a joint article” the Azerbaijani Regional Innovative Technologies Academy told Trend. “The sides have not started to develop a joint project, however, all preconditions for that are available.”

Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Belarus established in 1993 but two countries started to get close during the past decade.

Cooperation of Belarus and Azerbaijan in the economic sphere has been developing dynamically over the past decade. The main priorities of this cooperation are production cooperation, joint projects in the fields of science and technology, as well as investment cooperation.

Currently, 58 companies with Azerbaijani capital operate in Belarus while 70 Belarusian companies operate in Azerbaijan.

Belarus exports to Azerbaijan mechanical production, woodworking, tires, foodstuff, medicine, household appliances, dishes and other goods. Azerbaijan’s exports to Belarus mainly consist of products made of aluminum, products of petrochemical, engineering and agriculture.

Azerbaijan’s first ever Trade House was opened in the Belarusian capital Minsk, on May 26.

Moreover, Azerbaijan and Belarus plan to supply tractors to Turkey.

The Minsk Tractor Works (MTW) OJSC signed a new contract with Ganja Automobile Plant in Azerbaijan on September 22 for supply of tractors to Azerbaijan along with an additional protocol on jointly entering the Turkish market.

The trade turnover between the states amounted to $113.15 million in January-November 2017, over $100 million of which accounted for the import of Belarusian products, according to the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan.

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